protection
- IPA[prəˈtɛkʃn]
英式
- the action of protecting, or the state of being protected；a person or thing that protects someone or something
noun: protection, plural noun: protections
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- 1. the action of protecting, or the state of being protected the B vitamins give protection against infection his son was put under police protection 同義詞
- ▪ a person or thing that protects someone or something the castle was built as protection against the Saxons a protection against the evil eye 同義詞
- ▪ a legal or other formal measure intended to preserve civil liberties and rights most Western countries provide constitutional protections for the civil and political rights of their citizens
- ▪ a document guaranteeing immunity from harm to the person specified in it.
- ▪ measures taken to prevent conception or sexually transmitted infection during sexual activity, especially the use of a condom we'd been told by a doctor we couldn't have any more kids, so hadn't used protection for years
- ▪ the number and quality of running belays or other equipment employed to safeguard a pitch most European climbers drill bolts into rock rather than using removable protection
- ▪ archaic used euphemistically to refer to the keeping of a mistress by her lover in a separate establishment she was living under his lordship's protection at Gloucester Gate
- 2. the practice of paying money to criminals so as to prevent them from attacking oneself or one's property a protection racket protection money
- ▪ money paid to criminals, especially on a regular basis, to prevent them from attacking oneself or one's property he was targeted after refusing to pay protection
- protection of a metal structure from corrosion under water by making it act as an electrical ...
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- legal control over access to and use of data stored in computers: data protection legislation
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- sanitary towels and tampons, considered collectively.
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- protection of oneself or itself.
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- protection of oneself or itself.
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- an English court with jurisdiction over the affairs of people who are mentally ill or disabled, ...
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- (in the UK) a charitable organization founded in 1889 for the conservation of wild birds.
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- IPA[prəˈtekSH(ə)n]
美式
- the action of protecting, or the state of being protected: the B vitamins give protection against infection his son was put under police protection
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